In orbitRocket body

DELTA 1 R/B(1)

NORAD: 15202
COSPAR: 1984-088D

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Spacecraft

Built by: McDonnell Douglas Astronautics/HB
Owner: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Platform (bus): Delta/0020
Mass at launch: 2,000 kg(estimate, good to about 20%)
Dry mass: 924 kg
Total mass with attached parts: 944 kg(estimate, good to about 20%)
Length: 7 m
Diameter: 2.4 m
Span with arrays and booms: 7 m
Shape: Cyl + Cone

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S15202, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1984-08-16
Rocket: Delta 3924
Flight: AMPTE
Mission name: AMPTE-CCE
Launch site: CC, LC17A
Launched by: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1984-088

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1984-088, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Rocket body
Owner code: US
Launch date: 1984-08-16
Period: 133.0 min
Inclination: 28.91°
Apogee: 3,966 km
Perigee: 544 km
Radar cross-section: 10.3267 m²

From CelesTrak SATCAT, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Where it came from

Catalogued pieces that came from it: 4

Everything from this launch

Debris3 in total, 3 still in orbit
Payload3 in total, 1 still in orbit
Rocket body2 in total, 2 still in orbit